The Vadra controversy so far

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Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra on Monday shut his Facebook account as he faced intense heat over his status message which dubbed India as "a banana republic". Vadra fumed that people on his page had no sense of humour.

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India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Kumar Vishwas had demanded Vadra's apology for his status message on the popular social networking site which said "Mango people in banana republic".

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Vadra's message apparently took a dig at IAC members Arvind Kejriwal and his close aide and senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan.

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They had on Friday levelled serious allegations of corruption against him.

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Kejriwal is demading a probe into business dealings between Vadra and his companies and real estate giant DLF. He had also alleged that the private developer had given interest free loan of Rs.65 crore to Vadra. The company as well as Vadra have strongly denied the allegations.

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Ruling out any probe into business dealings between Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadr a and realty major DLF, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said the government cannot look into private transactions unless there are specific allegations of corruption.

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Chidambaram said he "could not respond (on the issue) on behalf of the government because that is not the issue here. I think those who made their allegations have made their statement, the company concerned has made a statement and the individual concerned has made a statement".

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Vadra had earlier dismissed Kejriwal's allegations as "utterly false and defamatory" saying that his business transactions were "fully reflected" in financial statements before government authorities in compliance with the law.

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DLF too had rejected the allegations that it had given unsecured loans to Vadra as a 'quid pro quo' for favours and said it had transparent dealing with him as an individual entrepreneur. Shares of DLF on Monday fell by over 5 per cent. After making weak opening, shares of DLF further lost 5.25 per cent at Rs.229.05 on the BSE. At the NSE, the scrip tanked 5.29 per cent to Rs.229.10.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law <b><a target="_blank" href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/robert-vadras-reality-empire-skylight-hospitality-pvt-ltd/1/223737.html" mce_href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/robert-vadras-reality-empire-skylight-hospitality-pvt-ltd/1/223737.html">Robert Vadra</a></b> on Monday shut his Facebook account as he faced intense heat over his status message which dubbed India as "a banana republic". Vadra fumed that people on his page had no sense of humour.<br>

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India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Kumar Vishwas had demanded <b><a target="_blank" href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/robert-vadra-dlf-link-who-said-what/1/7904.html" mce_href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/robert-vadra-dlf-link-who-said-what/1/7904.html">Vadra</a></b>'s apology for his status message on the popular social networking site which said "Mango people in banana republic".<br>

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<b><a target="_blank" href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/video/arvind-kejriwal-allegations-on-robert-vadra-son-in-law-sonia-gandhi/1/223765.html" mce_href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/video/arvind-kejriwal-allegations-on-robert-vadra-son-in-law-sonia-gandhi/1/223765.html">Vadra's</a> </b> message apparently took a dig at IAC members Arvind Kejriwal and his close aide and senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan.<br>

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They had on Friday levelled serious <b><a target="_blank" href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/robert-vadra-kejriwal-spat-bjp-congress/1/223899.html" mce_href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/robert-vadra-kejriwal-spat-bjp-congress/1/223899.html">allegations</a></b> of corruption against him.<br>

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Kejriwal is demading a probe into business dealings between Vadra and his companies and real estate giant DLF. He had also alleged that the private developer had given interest free loan of Rs.65 crore to Vadra. The company as well as Vadra have <b><a target="_blank" href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/robert-vadras-full-statement/1/223770.html" mce_href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/robert-vadras-full-statement/1/223770.html">strongly denied</a></b> the allegations.<br>

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Ruling out any probe into business dealings between Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadr a and realty major DLF, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said the government cannot look into private transactions unless there are specific allegations of <b><a target="_blank" href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/vadra-has-not-replied-to-questions-we-have-raised-kejriwal/1/223763.html" mce_href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/vadra-has-not-replied-to-questions-we-have-raised-kejriwal/1/223763.html">corruption</a></b>.<br>

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Chidambaram said he "could not respond (on the issue) on behalf of the government because that is not the issue here. I think those who made their <b><a target="_blank" href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/robert-vadra-hits-back-at-arvind-kejriwal-calls-allegations-baseless/1/223752.html" mce_href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/robert-vadra-hits-back-at-arvind-kejriwal-calls-allegations-baseless/1/223752.html">allegations</a></b> have made their statement, the company concerned has made a statement and the individual concerned has made a statement".<br>

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Vadra had earlier dismissed <b><a target="_blank" href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hazare-supports-kejriwal-on-allegations-against-vadra/1/223703.html" mce_href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hazare-supports-kejriwal-on-allegations-against-vadra/1/223703.html">Kejriwal's allegations</a></b> as "utterly false and defamatory" saying that his business transactions were "fully reflected" in financial statements before government authorities in compliance with the law.<br>

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<b><a target="_blank" href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/deals-with-robert-vadra-transparent-dlf/1/223719.html" mce_href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/deals-with-robert-vadra-transparent-dlf/1/223719.html">DLF</a> </b> too had rejected the allegations that it had given unsecured loans to Vadra as a 'quid pro quo' for favours and said it had transparent dealing with him as an individual entrepreneur. Shares of DLF on Monday fell by over 5 per cent. After making weak opening, shares of DLF further lost 5.25 per cent at Rs.229.05 on the BSE. At the NSE, the scrip tanked 5.29 per cent to Rs.229.10.<br>